Chi S. Tsu

Chi is a prose writer of mixed Chinese descent.

Art by Alice Tirard.

Literary Agent: Isabel Kaufman @ Fox Literary
(Debut novel manuscript currently on submission)

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Accolades/Workshops

  • Tin House Summer Writers' Workshop (2025) [Short fiction: Kim Fu]

  • Sewanee Writers' Conference (2024): Tennessee S. Williams Scholar [Short fiction: RO Kwon & Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum]

  • Work in Best Small Fictions (2024), an international anthology for the best published short fiction in a given year.

  • Semifinalist for American Short Fiction's Halifax Ranch Prize (2023)

  • Runner Up for American Literary Review's Fiction Contest (2023)

  • Lambda Literary Fellow (2023) [Speculative fiction: K-Ming Chang]

  • Kenyon Winter Workshop (2023) [Short fiction]

  • Shortlisted for CRAFT Literary's fiction contest (2023)

  • Made top five in New Ohio Review's fiction contest (2023)

  • Honorable Mention for the Omega Sci-Fi Awards' Roswell Award (2023)

  • wigleaf longlist (2023 & 2022)

  • Catapult 8-Week Workshop (2022)

  • Nominated for the Pushcart Prize (2021)

Selected work

  • "Lord Archer," Car Crash Collective Anthology Vol. 1 (December 2024)

  • "In a Village That No One Has Ever Heard Of," American Literary Review (University of North Texas) (April 2024) — Named Runner Up in ALR Contest; Shortlisted for CRAFT Literary; Semifinalist for American Short Fiction Halifax Ranch Prize

  • “Northbound Highway 101,” selected for Best Small Fictions 2024 anthology, first published in Longleaf Review (April 2023)

  • “Mythology,” New Ohio Review of Ohio University, Issue #33 (September 2023)

  • Regular profile and interview work for sinθ magazine; previous features include profiles of Laufey, C Pam Zhang, Sally Wen Mao, Chef Lucas Sin, and more.

  • “Another Form of Drone Warfare / The Spicy Chicken Sandwich Incident,” The Margins (September 2023) — also published in Lambda Literary's Emerge Anthology in 2024 and named in wigleaf's 2023 longlist for flash fiction

  • “Carpool,” Extra Teeth (May 2023)

  • “Buy Nothing,” Newfound (2022) — Named in wigleaf’s 2022 longlist for flash fiction

  • “Whale,” The Hunger (2021)

  • “Eulogy,” Placeholder Press (2020)

Affiliations

  • Co-Founder and Managing Editor (2016 - 2023), sinθ magazine. (Note: After eight years of service, I have stepped back from the editorial board and now work on interviews/profiles! I <3 sinθ)

  • Founder, Salon Quince (2022 - Present) (QTPOC-oriented in-person monthly prose workshop in the UK)

Contact

Agent: Isabel Kaufman/Fox Literary

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